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I just spent about an hour randomly selecting books to "preview". I didn't download any of them (yet), but I was able to get an idea how a few of their books look. I wasn't trying to read, I just wanted to do a random visual tour.
Overall, the feeling I get is of looking through a huge library of rare books, except that the pages don't fall apart when you touch them. Many of the books I previewed were published in the late 1800's, and some had obviously seen better days.Some of the typefaces were somewhat harder to read than books published today, but they're certainly not unreadable.
I very much enjoyed my browsing, and it's a certainty that I will be taking advantage of the Sony/Google offerings. I'm sure some of them will be a bit rough around the edges, but many of the books I previewed looked quite nice and had great illustrations. I think this will be a great feature, and makes me even happier with my Sony reader.
SteveK
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